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Kanji Detail for 創 - "to create, wound, to begin"

創

  • Meaning

    創 means "to create, wound, to begin."

    1. Create - To make new; to originate.

    2. Wound - An injury; a cut.

    3. Begin - To start; to found.

  • Words using 創

    • 創設 そうせつ Listen establishment; founding; organization
    • 創立 そうりつ Listen establishment; founding; organization
    • 創刊 そうかん Listen foundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.); starting; launching
    • 創業 そうぎょう Listen establishment (of a business); founding
    • 創造 そうぞう Listen creation; Creation (by God)
    • 創作 そうさく Listen creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.)
    • 創価学会 そうかがっかい Listen Soka Gakkai (lay organization based on Nichiren Buddhism)
    • 創出 そうしゅつ Listen creation; generation

  • Four-character idioms with 創

    • 創意工夫 そういくふう Listen ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
    • 創業守成 そうぎょうしゅせい Listen starting an enterprise and (or) carrying it to final success
    • 天地創造 てんちそうぞう Listen creation (of the universe); the Creation
    • 満身創痍 まんしんそうい Listen having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing

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    • Verified meaning: to create, wound, to begin
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read そう, そうじ, つくる, はじむ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 創

    Given names 創(そう)Listen 創(つくる)Listen 創(はじむ)Listen 創(はじめ)Listen

    Surnames 創(そうじ)Listen 創(もとむ)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    genesis; wound; injury; hurt; start; originate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    establish, create; knife cut

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) a wound; to wound

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To wound; to injure. Such as 重創 (serious wound), 創口 (wound opening). | To begin; to found. Such as 開創 (start), 創業 (start a business).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    haji.meru(はじ-める) はじ-める

    kezu.shikeru(けずしける) けずしける

    kizu(きず) きず

    tsuku.ru(つく-る) つく-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords

    create wound begin creation genesis origin birth build commence construct craft design establish foundation generate initiate innovate invent launch produce

Sentences including 創

  • He is above all others in originality.

  • I think she made up that story.

  • When was this university founded?

  • This is a problem of his own making.

  • Our school is fifty years old.

  • The college was founded by mr smith.

  • He founded the school five years ago.

  • He set up the school.

  • They will set up a new company.

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